Real guns that could be steampunk, space age or other fantastical guns

How about the Charter Arms Explorer pistol?

H&K VP-70, they always seemed from a thousand years In the future to me.



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Battlestar Galactica with the Beretta CX4 comes to my mind.

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FN P90

The original Steam Punk Pistols, a C-96 Broom Handle Mauser, and a Brittish .45 Bulldog.

We used to thaw ground for the next years mining with Steam Points beaten deep into the permafrost and set to pressure....the pipes came in bundles, labled 'Dampft Punkt ,in German, english is "Steam Points"....LOL!!! ahhhh yes, the age of steam power....

FN 5.7x28 products. From battle star glatica to Stargate.
I think the P90 is going to turn 30 in the next few years and still seems futuristic.
But us Americans are so retro we have to take the P90 concept and stick it on another gun from the 1950s.

Riomouse911 said:

H&K VP-70, they always seemed from a thousand years In the future to me.

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And the ATF could still very much be around in a thousand years.

748 said:

FN 5.7x28 products. From battle star glatica to Stargate.
I think the P90 is going to turn 30 in the next few years and still seems futuristic.
But us Americans are so retro we have to take the P90 concept and stick it on another gun from the 1950s.

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The Colonials used a few of the Vektor CP1 pistols too-

Some of the humanoid Cylons were partial to Desert Eagles, lol.

The little-remembered Gonz pistols were popular with the Martian Security forces on "Total Recall."

Riomouse911 said:

H&K VP-70, they always seemed from a thousand years In the future to me.

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Standard handgun of the Colonial Marines in "Aliens", if you'll remember- though Private Vasquez preferred to carry an ivory-handled S&W 59 "old-school" indeed!

The two classic staples of handgun weirdness, the Dardick and Gyrojet qualify-

OK. I don't have a picture, but at one point I did fill in the milled out panels on my C96 with a gold magic marker which with a little brown shoe polish buffed up looking like brass inserts. (That's a 25 yd target I shot in a black powder cartridge match. brag brag)


And this is My Space Gun, Charter Arms Explorer II pistol based off the ArmaLite AR-7 rifle.

That's a long eye relief pistol scope. (I notice someone else had a similar idea.)

The first sci-fi gun that comes to my mind is the Whitney Wolverine.

rust collector said:

I always thought the Lanchester, with its brass bits and bayonet, had steam punk elements.
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I’ve never seen that one before, It’s very cool indeed!
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I wanted a Whitney Wolverine when they first came out, and saw it was perfect as a space gun prop.
To my amazement I am not finding the Whitney Wolverine listed at the Internet Movie Firearms Database.
What is the matter with Hollywood? Astra 400 in Firefly. CZ52 in Battlestar Galactica.
The coolest space gun ever, Whitney Wolverine, in .... nada?

Calico Light Weapons Systems

M100

Lanchester. The British Royal Navy copy of the Bergman MP28. With brass fittings (less likely to rust in salt water), and a 50 round version of the MP28 box magazine, magazine compatible with the MP28, MP38, MP40 and Sten gun. Serious cool historical item, there. Deserves to be in an Edgar Rice Burroughs movie.

Mal Reynold's gun on Firefly was a brass encased Taurus Model 85

Not my cup, but old and a little space age.

I feel like the rhino fits. Especially the 4-6 inch guns with the milled teardrops in the shroud. Add in the rainbow anodized configuration and you have something that not only has a steampunk look from a design stance, but a futuristic energy weapon look as well.

Image borrowed from facebook where it was likely borrowed from somewhere else.

Gun in the OP gave me cancer, and the replies cured it.

Englishmn said:

Calico Light Weapons Systems

M100

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I was wondering when the Calico was going to come in!
And of course the C-96 Broom Handle Mauser too!

Thinking space age and futuristic -- The Hi Standard Model 10

And the Steyr AUG

NIGHTLORD40K said:

The two classic staples of handgun weirdness, the Dardick and Gyrojet qualify-

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A buddy of mine bought one of the Dardicks recently. He gave me one of the Trounds for my "collection". We are discussing how we can reverse engineer or reload the trounds to be able to fire the gun a little bit. Incidentally he is in the plastic container manufacturing business, so he may have a leg up on dealing with the plastic sheath of the tround.

Just remembered the ads in Shotgun News and the rags for the Mateba Autorevolver...